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R Subramanian (he/him)

@rsubramanian.com
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Scientist #AirQuality #AirPollution #AirSensors #methane #soot 🇺🇲 🇷🇼 🇮🇳 🇶🇦🇫🇷 Based in Bengaluru, India. Opinions are mine alone and do not represent any employer.

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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 03/10/2026
Made the Accra domestic to Accra international connection, thanks to a helpful cab driver. Immigration and security were also quick and painless. Paid $85 for a window-side exit row seat for the 8.5 hour flight to Dubai... ACC ✈️ DXB ✈️MAA after a four-week trip across Europe and Africa.
Brown man with glasses, headphones, and a N95 duckbill mask takes a selfie showing no real windows by his "window" seat.
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 27/09/2026
Air Cote d'Ivoire bumped me from 4F (front of economy) to 23A (near the back) sans explanation. Enter the plane, the front economy row has plenty of legroom (what I wanted) but starts at row 7? Business class is 3 rows. This plane has no rows 4,5,6. But 23A also has decent legroom. Dirty, though.
Image of economy class legroom on an Air Cote d'Ivoire flight. A man's knees wearing charcoal trousers is visible. Seat back in front has dirt marks and a random bar code sticker.
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 26/09/2026
Drink plenty of fluids, they say. Okay.
Empty bottles of Mateus Rose wine and Nestle PureLife water, with an empty water glass and a wine glass with some rose wine.
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 26/09/2026
A late lunch at Rhodes BBQ smokehouse - which turned out to be a Southern American restaurant. In Lagos. At least I got Nigerian pepper sauce with the wings. (On the side, because I am...chicken.)
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 06/09/2026
Made a quick trip to Agios Nikolaos this morning. It's so pretty.
View of a sunny shoreline, with mountains in the distant background and waves lapping against a beach. The sun is at the top of the image.
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 06/09/2026
My first meal in Crete was... At a tapas bar (patatas bravas and grilled squid.) I still have a week to try the local food. The host did bring me a very nice local wine that was off the menu. Delicious!
Image of the label on a bottle of wine: Tsapournakos (PGI Velventos) made with wild yeasts, year 2022 from the Kamkoutis vineyard.
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 04/09/2026
Not gonna argue with folks who "get paid to do this unlike chart guys," but how does one see data like this and say we are growing above trend and especially above pre-Covid. data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY... not to mention 2025-2026 is despite tremendous AI investment and tax cuts.
GDP growth (annual %) - United States 
Chart by the World Bank from national stats orgs or central banks. Shows annual GDP growth was close to 3% since 2013 except for 2020 and 2021. 2025 is closer to 2%.
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